A French company Invoxia has released a speaker phone with a receiver that works with both Skype VoIP services and uses iOS devices as control interface. The system features 8 speakers and mics and comes with free app in iTunes to easily operate the calls and conferences. Here is more info on this smart speaker system:

The invoxia phone, now plugged into Skype offers the best solution for high quality VOIP telephony. In addition, thanks to In Vivo Acoustic, invoxia allows a new range of high fidelity conference calls.

Invoxia is ideally completing the professional Skype telephony service, offering a unique plug and play solution for High Quality professional telephony. Using an ARM Cortex A8 processor, the invoxia NVX 610 is designed to offer a new range of services and it's compatible with any operator using SIP technology.

The invoxia NVX 610 uses iOS devices as the control interface for taking incoming calls, make outgoing calls and mute calls. And you can use the Invoxia's hight quality audio handset to take calls to your iPhone.

The invoxia phone features 8 wide-bandwidth speakers and 8 digital microphones. When used in ?conference? mode, it will have the capacity to perform virtual placement of remote speakers in the room, as well as automatic local speaker localization to create the feel of a physical conversation. Users benefit from the full potential of In Vivo Acoustic technology, with its echo and background noise cancellation systems.

The product is available from www.invoxia.com priced at $599. invoxia is made for iPod touch (3rd & 4th generation), iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2 and iPad.